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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/Kconfig')
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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index c2fb8a87dccb..4d06e1c8294a 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -1299,14 +1299,22 @@ config ARCH_DMA_ADDR_T_64BIT def_bool y depends on X86_64 || HIGHMEM64G +config ENABLE_DIRECT_GBPAGES + def_bool y + depends on X86_64 && !DEBUG_PAGEALLOC && !KMEMCHECK + config DIRECT_GBPAGES bool "Enable 1GB pages for kernel pagetables" if EXPERT default y - depends on X86_64 - ---help--- - Allow the kernel linear mapping to use 1GB pages on CPUs that - support it. This can improve the kernel's performance a tiny bit by - reducing TLB pressure. If in doubt, say "Y". + depends on ENABLE_DIRECT_GBPAGES + ---help--- + Enable by default the kernel linear mapping to use 1GB pages on CPUs + that support it. This can improve the kernel's performance a tiny bit + by reducing TLB pressure. If in doubt, say "Y". If you've disabled + option but your platform is capable of handling support for this + you can use the gbpages kernel parameter. Likewise if you've enabled + this but you'd like to force disable this option you can use the + nogbpages kernel parameter. # Common NUMA Features config NUMA |